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  • Title: Factors related to long-term prognosis following acute myocardial infarction. Importance of left ventricular function.
    Author: Kentala E, Pyörälä K, Heikkilä J, Sarna S, Luurila O.
    Journal: Scand J Rehabil Med; 1975; 7(3):118-24. PubMed ID: 1166288.
    Abstract:
    Factors related to 2-year and 4-year prognosis after acute myocardial infarction were studied in a series of 158 men. Stepwise multiple discriminant analysis was applied to findings recorded during hospital admission and to results of an exercise test carried out 6-8 weeks after the infarction. The best indicators for predicting a poor prognosis in the course of the following 2 years were a low systolic blood pressure on exercise and a palpable paradoxical cardiac pulsation. During the 4-year follow-up an abnormality of P terminal force in the ECG, which reflects left atrial overload, was the main predictor of poor prognosis.
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